The devres_alloc() function is intended to avoid the need for freeing
memory, although in practice it may not be enabled, thus leading to a true
leak.
Nevertheless this is intended. Add a comment to explain this.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org>
Reported-by: Coverity (CID: 312952)
---
Changes in v2:
- Add a standard comment instead of a Coverity annotation
drivers/reset/reset-uclass.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-uclass.c b/drivers/reset/reset-uclass.c
index ac89eaf098a..a3a088d1b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/reset/reset-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/reset/reset-uclass.c
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ struct reset_ctl_bulk *devm_reset_bulk_get_by_node(struct
udevice *dev,
bulk = devres_alloc(devm_reset_bulk_release,
sizeof(struct reset_ctl_bulk),
__GFP_ZERO);
+
+ /* this looks like a leak, but devres takes care of it */
if (unlikely(!bulk))
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
--
2.31.1.751.gd2f1c929bd-goog
